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By: Why I No Longer Celebrate Christmas :: Part 3 (Final) | The Thin Edge

Why I No Longer Celebrate Christmas :: Part 3 (Final) | The Thin Edge — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:18:32 +0000

[...] our first paradigm shift: celebrating the incarnate Son of God alone. Shifting to a solitary focus was such a relief! No [...]

By: Til v. Eulenspiegelvoordt, DVD, CDRom

Til v. Eulenspiegelvoordt, DVD, CDRom — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:20:15 +0000

“I *finally* convinced my wife that the tree has to go. Hurray! I was toying with getting a menorah. I think it seems consistent w/ the Christian faith, and it may be a good conversation piece when I have folks over, especially non-believers that know I am a Christian.

Any thoughts on that?”

Why not put up a cross with Christ on it, since that image seems at least as consistent with the Christian faith, as a menorah. Why, even those busily throwing out the Christmas tree may be vaguely aware that a tent-maker from Tarsus in Asia Minor once vowed to preach nothing but “Christ Crucified,” in the Christian Scriptures.

Then again, non-believers might be enchanted with a manger placed in the middle of the den, which though finite object once held the infinite God Incarnate. What a conversation piece that would be!

By: Hallelujah or Humbug? « 2 Worlds Collide

Hallelujah or Humbug? « 2 Worlds Collide — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:34:44 +0000

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By: Bill Lollar

Bill Lollar — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:39:42 +0000

I really do HATE Christmas trees! And I’m 1/8 Jewish (great-grandmother), so the menorah sounds cool enough. When you don’t celebrate Christmas, it makes you realize how the Jewish people must feel during the holidays.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:50:52 +0000

I *finally* convinced my wife that the tree has to go. Hurray! I was toying with getting a menorah. I think it seems consistent w/ the Christian faith, and it may be a good conversation piece when I have folks over, especially non-believers that know I am a Christian.

Any thoughts on that?

“Jesus was born and so I get presents. Thank you Jesus for being born. Fall…, on your knees…!”
— Eric Cartman from _Southpark_

By: Bill Lollar

Bill Lollar — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:31:23 +0000

Josh: Thanks for dropping in! It makes me wonder if much of our American obsession with material things stems from such experiences as a child.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:03:10 +0000

Bill -

I figured I’d pay you a visit too! We’re doing similar things, only scaled down a bit. Last year was a nightmare as the kids got more than our van could manage. It wasn’t even fun for them by the end of it. It just became a matter of how much wrapping paper they could throw in the air.

We didn’t get rid of gifts…but we drew limits. Instead of limitless gifts from everyone we’ve decided one gift per whomever (grandparent, uncle, aunt, etc). The kids made a list of 4 or 5 things they thought they may want to have. We distributed to the family…and hopefully it will be more sane.

We’re trying to battle the excess of spending and receiving we experience in our culture. So we’re cutting way back…my wife and I aren’t even getting gifts. The one gift to each other was to make a photo album (on snapfish…good plug!) of our family over the last year.

Blessings Bill…can I say Merry Christmas

By: josh

josh — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:23:23 +0000

interesting angle. looking forward to it.